Lamp body and door fastening



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ATT NEYSI Patented Oct. 1, 1929 UNITED STATTESJ P ATENT OFFICE FREDEEICKw. o. NEUNER, OF oomrntsitrimit, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR 'ro INDIANA LAMPCORPORATION, on convnnsvtnn,INDIANA, A oonrona rron LAMP BODY AND noonFASTENING r Application filed December 19, 1927. Serial No. 241320.

'This invention relates to a body and door iastening Constructionsuitable for head lamps and the like, although not solely coninedthereto. i

The Chief object of this invention is to provide a Construction whicheliminates from the faceor edge of the door any unsightly or lookingdevice. The foregoing object is accomplished by having the twocooperating catch portions and associated parts, one being mounted upon'the door and the other upon the casing positionable within the samewhen in assembled relation and having a relatively small rearwardlyexposed portion provided with a tool-engageable arrangement foractuation.

The full nature of the invention will be understood from theaccompanying`draw-. ings and the following description and claims:

In the drawings Fig. l is a central sectional view of one form of theinvention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the upper portion of Fig. 1with the invention shown dotted. Fi 3 is a bottom plan View of the latchshown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4: is a central sectional view of amodified 'form of the invention. Fig. 5 is a front elevation ot' theparte shown in the upper portion of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a similar view ot'the parts shown-in the lower portion of F ig. 4. Fig. 7 is a perspectiveview ot the combination catch and guide shown in Figs. 4 and 6.

In Figures 1 to 3 inclusive, 10 indicates a casing having a peripheralshoulder portion 11. VVithin the casing is supported a refiector 12having an outwardly directed fiange 13 which as 'heroin shown, abutsagainst as Well as bears upon the inturned fiange 14 of the casing. Theclosure 15 bears on an annular cushion and scaling member 16 and a doorrim 17 bears on the same at 18 and includes an inturned annular bead orhearing portion 19 for engagement with the casing shoulder for limitingthe inward movement of the closure and rim. All of the aforesaid isstandard Construction in the head lamp art and any other addtional partsmay be added thereto to complete the lamp construction.

The present inventionrelates to a relatively non-exposed casing and doorfastening Construction. In the form of the invention ,illustrated inFig. 1, three ofthe atoresaid `latchng constructons are employed, ofwhich one s shown, said constructons'belng arranged in spaced relationrelative to each other Each Construction includes a drawn SOClGl 20:tormed in the rear end of the casing spring 27 'for normally projectingthe bar i 24: :torwardly and into latch releasingposition. The oppositeend of the bar 24: in- .cludes an angular portion 28, -the parallelportion 29 and a looking portion 30. Riveted to the door rim by suitablenumber of rivets, and heren one is dsclosed and indcated by the numeral31, is a catch having the' body portion 32 and a 'hook or catchretaining po'rtion 33 engageable by-the catchportion 30 of the strapwhen the threaded bolt 22 is turned inwardly to draw the straprearwardly. e

It has been customary to mount lamp' closure by partially rotating thesame and the meniher 32 permits of such operation, to w it, the looking.portion 33 includes a pair of parallel extensions 34 and 35 which serve,asguides, the latter` being elongated and serving as`a stop andeXtending angularly otthe portion 34: 'is an inclined portion 36 so thatin the rotational seating movement of the rim upon the Casing thestrap'member will engagethe inclined' portion 36 in the partial rotationof therm, seat in the groove thus formed and be prevented from furtherlateral movement relative to the rim by the elongated portion 35. Theafores'ad portions 33,' 34: and 35 form a pocket which receives thelooking portion 30 of the strap. In the present form of the inventionthecasingflange 14 is slotted as at 40 and the IUU

